Walton v. Potlatch Corp.

HUNTLEY, Justice.*

This is an appeal from a personal injury action brought by Robert Walton against the Potlatch Corporation. Walton maintains that he sustained injuries after he inhaled chlorine dioxide while he was working as an employee of Western Industrial Fiberglass at Potlatch’s pulp and paper facility in Lewiston, Idaho. Potlatch appeals from a jury verdict in Walton’s favor, claiming the court erred in its instructions on the applicable standard of care, in its admission of certain evidence and in other matters.

In the fall of 1985 Potlatch (a corporation engaged in the business of…